Repair work at a Basra oil jetty damaged by a tanker collision last month were completed Sunday, two officials at state-run South Oil Company told Reuters Monday. Crude exports from the Basra terminal were not affected by the collision that happened on March 24, when strong winds caused a...

Turkish stocks and the lira strengthened Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a referendum on expanding his powers, with investors hoping the outcome would bring much-needed stability. On Sunday, the 'Yes' side won 51.41 percent of the vote compared with 48.59 for the...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Monday that diplomats from Russia, the United States and the United Nations plan to discuss the Syrian crisis in Geneva next week, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying. Bogdanov also said Moscow was still waiting for confirmation...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan's government is drawing up contingency plans in case a crisis on the Korean Peninsula sends an influx of refugees to Japan. Abe told a parliamentary session Monday that the government is formulating measures including protecting foreigners, landing...